മുഖം

Malayalam

Alternative forms

• മൊഗം (mogaṁ) — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख (mukha), whence also Hindi मुख (mukh), Khmer មុខ (muk), Telugu ముఖము (mukhamu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muk(ʰ)ɐm/

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Noun

മുഖം • (mukhaṁ)

1. face

   Synonyms: മോന്ത (mōnta), മുഞ്ഞി (muññi), മോറ് (mōṟŭ), മീട് (mīṭŭ)

2. (anatomy) mouth
3. direction, view

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “മുഖം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.